Analysis of Is it Possible?
David McKee Wright 1869 – 1928
Is it possible
That so high debate,
So sharp, so sore, and of such rate,
Should end so soon and was begun so late?
Is it possible?
Is it possible
So cruel intent,
So hasty heat and so soon spent,
From love to hate, and thence for to relent?
Is it possible?
Is it possible
That any may find
Within one heart so diverse mind,
To change or turn as weather and wind?
Is it possible?
Is it possible
To spy it in an eye
That turns as oft as chance on die,
The truth whereof can any try?
Is it possible?
It is possible
For to turn so oft,
To bring that lowest which was most aloft,
And to fall highest yet to light soft:
It is possible.
All is possible
Whoso list believe.
Trust therefore first, and after preve,
As men wed ladies by licence and leave.
All is possible.
Scheme | AbbbA AcccA AdddA AeeeA AffxA AgggA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 11100 11101 11110111 1111010111 11100 11100 11001 11010111 1111011101 11100 11100 11011 01111011 111111001 11100 11100 111011 11111111 0111101 11100 11100 11111 1111011101 011101111 11100 11100 1101 1110101 1111011001 11100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 741 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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